Nvidia's new customer, OpenAI's agents, and Microsoft's warning: AI news roundup
Plus, Microsoft and NASA have a new AI tool to make satellite data more accessible
Semiconductor leader Nvidia announced this week that Japan’s SoftBank Group (SFTBY) will be the first to receive its highly anticipated Blackwell AI chips. SoftBank plans to use Blackwell to build Japan’s largest AI supercomputer.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has reportedly ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) to stop sending advanced AI chips to customers in China.
Read about these stories and more in this week’s AI news roundup.
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Google (GOOGL) launched its artificial intelligence-powered Gemini chatbot as an iPhone app this week, offering the service for free in 35 languages worldwide.
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Not everyone can make it to outer space, but Microsoft (MSFT) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration want to “democratize access” to the Earth’s scientific data.
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OpenAI is on to the next wave of artificial intelligence with an autonomous agent it reportedly plans to launch in January.
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is cutting 4% of its global workforce as it focuses on competition in the artificial intelligence chips space.
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Despite a yearslong effort to curb China’s technological advances, a top Microsoft (MSFT) executive is warning that the country is not as far behind as the West might think.
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Nvidia’s (NVDA) new artificial intelligence chip has its first customer, which plans to build the most powerful AI supercomputer in Japan.
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Amazon (AMZN) Web Services is looking to take on Nvidia’s (NVDA) dominance in artificial intelligence chips with a new offer to AI researchers.
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Chip stocks dragged down the Nasdaq on Monday despite gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500.
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The U.S. has reportedly ordered the world’s largest chipmaker not to send its advanced artificial intelligence chips to China anymore.